After a Secret Marriage, I Mistook Someone Else for My Husband [Showbiz]

[Fake-Cold, True-Hopeless-Romantic, Scheming Movie Star Gong x Fake-Scheming, Truly Innocent, Career-Focused Beauty Shou]

[What do you do when, the day before you have to appear on a variety show with your ex, you discover your husband is someone else?]

After waking up with amnesia, Lin Yanzhou confirmed two things:

1. He still hadn't made it big.

2. He'd secretly gotten married, but didn't know who he'd married.

He couldn't rush becoming famous, but not remembering who he'd married was a serious problem.

After careful analysis, Lin Yanzhou concluded that he'd gotten back together with his ex and married him.

But the man had changed so much. The person he remembered as bad-tempered and cold now filled every syllable with affection. Even his voice sounded better.

Blushing, Lin Yanzhou listened to the man's voice messages over and over, then saved them.

*

After carefully considering the fact that people rarely change their nature, Lin Yanzhou decided he still had to get a divorce.

But to avoid tipping him off, and to keep things from getting awkward when they appeared together on a variety show at the end of the month, Lin Yanzhou planned to play it safe and focus on acting like a newlywed in love.

The day before the show, Lin Yanzhou ran into Xie Zheng at the red-carpet event. The aloof, stern movie star had once dismissed all his hard work with a single sentence.

Lin Yanzhou didn't feel like being nice to him, so he signed in and hurried away.

But in an empty stairwell, he was caught in the arms of someone who had chased after him from behind.

Xie Zheng, whom he'd always considered his sworn enemy, hugged him tightly with a smile. "Wifey, it's been a month since we got married and saw each other. Don't you miss me?"

Lin Yanzhou: "...?!!"

*

Xie Zheng thought that getting the chance to see his longtime crush again three years later, then somehow ending up married to him, was already a generous gift from fate.

He hadn't dared hope Lin Yanzhou would love him. But just a few days after they separated following their wedding, Lin Yanzhou suddenly became sweet and affectionate: calling him "hubby," acting coy, and even telling him he loved him.

Xie Zheng was nearly overwhelmed with happiness.

Later, he discovered that Lin Yanzhou had been acting all along. Lin Yanzhou had lost his memory and thought they were in love.

Xie Zheng was so mad his teeth hurt, yet he also wanted to laugh.

So we're acting, are we? Then let's act together.

*

Later, Lin Yanzhou couldn't take it anymore and protested, "Even though we're married, you should show some restraint, shouldn't you? Who could keep up with you?"

Xie Zheng kissed him gently and gave him a perfectly puzzled look. "That's not right. You never used to say that. You always said it wasn't enough."

Lin Yanzhou: "I-is that so? No, I mean... This is pretty good."

Xie Zheng smiled. "As you wish."

[Sworn enemies with mutual crushes, a marriage before love, and a battle of acting skills]

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Who Wants to Fake a CP with Their Ex?

After being mired in scandal for over a year and nearly leaving show business, Chu Shizhang finally landed a new job.

He was cast as a hypocritical, cowardly character who stabs the protagonist in the back. People said the character was just like him. Chu Shizhang felt like they were taking a dig at him, but he went anyway.

Then he ran into his ex, Huo Ran, whom he hadn't seen in years. Huo Ran was playing the protagonist and greeted him with a cold glare, barely sparing him a glance.

Chu Shizhang: "..."

He did his best to keep a low profile and avoid getting on Huo Ran's bad side, hoping they could get through filming in peace. He never expected the film to become a huge hit and their CP to take off. The CP fans and publicity team wanted them to promote their pairing more.

Chu Shizhang could only clumsily "feed the fans" during the press tour: initiating conversations, making physical contact, and pretending they had great chemistry.

But Huo Ran wouldn't play along. He either ignored him or dodged his touch, even warning him with a cold look. Chu Shizhang gave up.

During a backstage interview, he stopped thinking about promoting their pairing and chatted happily with the host. Distracted, he accidentally drank from Huo Ran's cup.

"I'm sorry..." Chu Shizhang was mortified. He glanced at Huo Ran's dark expression and asked carefully, "Should I get you another one?"

Huo Ran looked at the cup and waved him off.

On the livestream, Huo Ran's fans knew about his extreme cleanliness and comforted Chu Shizhang's fans, who had been apologizing on his behalf. "It's fine. Huo Ran never drinks water when he's out, so it doesn't matter whether he changes the cup."

But in the next moment, Huo Ran picked up that very cup and drank from it casually, yet as if he'd calculated it carefully, biting down on almost exactly the same spot.

The comments froze for two seconds.

While his solo fans were still trying to figure out how to explain it, the CP fans had already flooded the screen:

"Aaaaaah! How is that not an indirect kiss?!"

*

After the interview, Chu Shizhang was reviewing the footage when he saw the comment. As if he'd caught Huo Ran red-handed, he teased him on purpose. "You didn't do that on purpose, did you? Hmph. You said there was no need for me to promote our CP, but you went and came up with something like an 'indirect kiss' yourself."

Huo Ran walked over and glanced at the screenshot without changing expression. "That doesn't count."

"What doesn't count?"

Huo Ran bent down and kissed him, his expression calm. "This is what a kiss is."

Chu Shizhang: "..."

He was left speechless, but noticed that Huo Ran's ears had turned red as he hurried away.

He muttered under his breath, "What a poser."

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